7Chariot – ‘Ricochet’

Some of the very best pop tunes shine extra bright because they take your worst fears and re-purpose them as gold-flecked bangers, and 7Chariot has made one of the most immersive tunes about “what ifs” in a while now.

‘Ricochet’ captures those wild, anxiety-inducing trips with incredible skill. There’s 7Chariot’s filtered vocals coming in out of nowhere to have its say for that middle eight, the production dropping into sudden silence as she delivers the chorus’s final, bombshell question – and of course, that relentless, irresistible “dum-de-de-dum” earworm that pounds away at the back of the song just like all of those quote-unquote unreasonable thoughts that keep you up at 3am on a Thursday night.